Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) announced his support for a bill to expand federal financing for embryonic stem cell research. Frist had said as recently as last month that he did not support changes to current limits on funding for stem-cell research, but his change of mind could break the Senate's inertia on the bill. The White House, however, has said it would veto the measure, which has already passed in the House.
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